US accuses Chinese AI firms of 'industrial-scale' theft of AI technology

U.S. security agencies have accused Chinese AI companies of 'industrial-scale' theft via distillation, a method where smaller AI models are trained using the output of larger models to reduce training costs.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of AI & ML, and 7 sources have reported it between 8 Sep 2026 and 18 Sep 2026.